Encontro Naclonal
de Produtores e Usuarios
de Informagoes Sociais,
Economicas e Territorials
INFORMA^AO PARA UMA SOCIEDADE MAIS JUSI
III Confetencia Naciona! IV Conferencia Nacional
de Geogiafia e Cartografia de Estatistica
Reuniao de Instituigoes Produtoras
Forum de Usuarios
Seminario "Desafios para Repensar o Trabalho"
Simposio de Inovagoes
Jornada de Cursos
Mostra de Tecnologias de Informagao
27 a 31 de maio de 1996
Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRASIL
60 anos
1 936-1 996
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Cartagrafia e Estatistica e da Simpdsia de Inavagdes, aquele que
melhar enseja a aprimaramenta da cansensa sabre as fendmenas a
serem mensuradas para retratar a saciedade, a ecanamia e a
rerritanc nacianal e sabre as priaridades e farmatas das infarmagdes
necessaries para a fartalecimenta da cidadania, a definigda de
paiiticas publicas e a gestda palitica - administrative da Pais, e pare
criar uma saciedade mais juste.
Siman Schwartzman
Caardenadar (3eral da ENCONTRO
Promogao
Fundagao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica
IBGE
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IBGE
Associagao Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais
ABEP
Co-Promogao
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ABE
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ABET
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ANPEC
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Socials
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Coordenagao Geral
Simon Schwartzman
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Cesar Ajara (IBGE)
Denizar Blitzkow (USP)
Jorge Marques (UFRJ)
Lia Osorio Machado (UFRJ)
Mauro Pereira de Mello (IBGE)
Speridiao Faissol (UERJ)
Trento Natali Filho (IBGE)
Comissoes de Programa
Contest
Jose A. M. de Carvalho (UFMG)
Jose Marcio Camargo (PUC)
Lenildo Fernandes Silva (IBGE)
Teresa Cristina N. Araujo (IBGE)
Vilmar Faria (CEBRAP)
Wilton Bussab (FGV)
Comissao Organizadora
Secretaria Executiva - Luisa Maria La Croix
Secretaria Geral - Luciana Kanham
Confege, Contest e Simposio de Inovagdes
Anna Lucia Barreto de Freitas, Evangelina X.G. de Oliveira,
Jaime Franklin Vidal Araujo, Lilibeth Cardozo R. Ferreira e
Maria Leticia Duarte Warner
Jornada de Cursos - Carmen Feijo
Finangas - Marise Maria Ferreira
Comunicagao Social - Micheline Christophe e Carlos Vieira
Programagao Visual - Aldo Victorio Filho e
Luiz Gonzaga C. dos Santos
Infra-Estrutura - Maria Helena Neves Pereira de Souza
Atendimento aos Participantes - Cristina Lins
Apoio
Andrea de Carvalho F. Rodrigues, Carlos Alberto dos Santos,
Delfim Teixeira, Evilmerodac D. da Silva, Gilberts Scheid,
Hector O. Pravaz, Ivan P. Jordao Junior,
Jose Augusts dos Santos, Julio da Silva, Katia V. Cavalcanti, Lecy Delfim,
Maria Helena de M. Castro, Regina T. Fonseca,
Rita de Cassia Ataualpa Silva e ‘lair.a Sawo/uk
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DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION METHODS:
ADVANCES IN CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL
STATISTICS SYSTEMS AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL
by
Violeta Gonzales-Diaz
Statistics Division
United Nations, New York, NY 10017
1 . Introduction
In the context of demographic data collection, civil registration, is a method that refers
to the continuous, permanent and compulsory recording of the occurrence and characteristics of
vital events such as live births, foetal deaths, deaths, marriages, annulments of marriages,
divorces, judicial separations, recognitions (acknowledgements of the paternity of an illegitimate
child), adoptions, in accordance with the legal requirements of a country, for legal and
administrative purposes.
A "civil registration system", in turn, refers to the entire administrative, legal, and
institutional framework, including the personnel, registration network, procedures, record keeping
and retrieval, certification, outputs, servic ;s to other agencies, and all other activities pertaining
to civil registration in that country. The civil registration system, therefore, encompasses both
the registration method and all the institutional arrangements associated with it.
Civil registration is the only continuous source of vital statistics at the national, sub-
national and community level. "Vital statistics" are the statistical information on the numbers and
characteristics of the vital events, such as live births, foetal deaths, marriages and divorces, that
are registered by the civil registration system during a particular period of time in a specified
territory. They are compiled edited , processed, analyzed, published and disseminated in a
permanent and continuous manner. The responsible institution may be one concerned with their
collection, or another, for example the National Statistical Agency, Ministry of Health, or even
by a shared responsibility of two agencies.
The term "vital statistics system" encompasses the entire process of compiling, editing,
analyzing, publishing and disseminating information on vital events, including the administrative
settings.
The legal feature of civil registration records are of interest to the individual, the society,
and the administration of the country. Civil registration records legally prove the occurrence and
characteristics of a live birth, death, marriage, foetal death, divorce in a certain place and at a
certain time. Topics collected in a birth registration record that ultimately serve the human rights
of the person concerned, include: name, sex, date of occurrence, citizenship, parental relationship,
name of mother/father, place of residence of the mother, place of birth.
A marriage registration record and records on other civil status events relate to the legal
formation of the family or its dissolution thereof As such, they protect family rights, including
the rights of children and women.
A death registration record, proves the occurrence of a death, and therefore frees the
person of debts and liabilities, enables the surviving family members to inherit his state, and his
widow to remarry or avail himself of social security and benefits.
The uses of the vital statistics are, however, linked to the well being of the community
and the country as a whole rather than the welfare of the individual. Information from this
source is for health, epidemiological, demographic, and socio-economic uses. Important social
indicators like infant and maternal mortality rates, causes of death, are directly derived from civil
registration data. When registration data are analyzed in conjunction with population census or
population registers data (or population projections), basic demographic indicators can directly
be calculated for various socio-economic groups of the population, and several geographical
divisions down to the community level. These indicators are needed to formulate, monitor, and
evaluate, socio-economic developmental programmes, assess trends of population growth, health
situation, monitor health interventions, and so forth.
Although vital statistics can be obtained from other sources like population censuses and
sample surveys, the continuous vital statistics have important qualities not present in the others,
and they are therefore of great value to a national demographic database, among other multiple
uses. Furthermore, as they are derived from civil registration, a permanent and compulsory
source, their cost is cheaper than the others. Moreover, vital statistics are important in assessing
the performance of the civil registration system itself, because without them one cannot determine
whether or not the civil registration system is complete or whether the reported characteristics
are accurate and consistent.
The glamour of civil registration, resides in the fact that it is universal, permanent,
continuous, and compulsory. It is therefore, a viable, indestructible, irreplaceable, ever-growing
system, a booster of human rights and sustainable development causes, and a primary source for
continuous demographic data. If well functioning, civil registration provides the needed
information at the community level required to measure, evaluate and monitor the impact of
health and population intervention programmes, such as family planning, mother and child health
care, immunization and vaccination, youth development, elderly care, etc.
The demographic, epidemiological, individual, social, and administrative uses of vital
records illustrated in the above examples, among other applications, provide strong justification
to maintain effective and efficient civil registration and vital statistics systems in every country
of the world. Civil registration should be accorded first priority among the demographic data
collection methods in every country of the world, and so should be its vital statistics. Unlike
population censuses and sample surveys, which are undertaken on a periodic or ad-hoc basis,
civil registration and vital statistics systems require permanent administrative infrastructure,
budget for their daily operation and maintenance. Their performance need to be constantly
monitored, and a comprehensive laws and regulations must provide support to the systems.
The technical cooperation provided by the United Nations throughout the years toward
the civil registration and vital statistics systems has enhanced the international comparability of
data and information. Definitions of vital events, concepts of topics, classifications, and
tabulations, etc., have been adopted by the majority of countries. All developed countries and
a few developing countries have now reliable civil registration and vital statistics systems.
However, there is much to be done in the developing countries in order that the systems attain
completeness, reliability, and timeliness.
2. Advances in civil registration and vital
statistics systems at the global level
The above uses of civil registration and vital statistics data and information, and their
current status of development, clearly indicates the need for new impetus toward the civil
registration and vital statistics systems. Further, the United Nations has responsibility for
compiling and publishing demographic data, including all vital events, in its Demographic
Yearbook for all countries and areas of the world. These are a few reasons to explain why the
United Nations Statistics Division has engaged in promotional activities for their improvement
worldwide.
In 1989, an International Programme for Accelerating the Improvement of Vital Statistics
and Civil Registration Systems was designed to provide a common framework for supplying
technical cooperation to developing countries to upgrade and modernize their civil registration
and vital statistics systems. It was jointly designed by the United Nations Statistics Division
(UNSD), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organization (WHO),
and the International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics (ITVRS). This multi-agency
approach, besides strengthening international cooperation, avoids competing and overlapping
efforts by United Nations agencies. The programme emphasizes the need for a national
commitment to develop and maintain effective CRA^S systems, including the administrative
structures, technical guidance for their operation, maintenance, evaluation, and comprehensive
laws and regulations to support their daily operations.
In 1991, the Statistical Commission of the United Nations endorsed the International
Programme, made UNSD Focal Point, approved its phase implementation during the 1990s, and
urged the co-operation of the co-sponsoring agencies to carry out the activities outlined in the
Programme.
Under the above framework, phase one of the International Programme was implemented
by the United Nations Statistics Division between 1991 to 1995, with financial support mainly
from UNFPA. Technical contributions to the International Programme were also received from
the International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, the World Health Organization, the
Pan American Health Organization, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, and the United
States of America. Among its activities, five Workshops on Strategies for Accelerating the
Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems were planned and implemented
in different regions of the world, as follows:
1. Latin American Workshop on Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil
Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-6 December 1991.
Organized by the Statistical Division and hosted by the National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses of the Government of Argentina. Eleven Spanish and Portuguese- speaking countries
of Central and South America participated in the workshop, in which birth registration coverage
is 80 percent and more and included: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Uruguay. In addition, participap.ts from
International, regional, bilateral and non-governmental organizations attended the workshop. The
Latin American Workshop successfully inaugurated the International Programme. Subsequent
international activities in the area of civil registration and vital statistics had considerably
benefitted from the methodological settings for the 1991 Workshop.
2. Western Asia Workshop on Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration
and Vital Statistics Systems, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 20-24 June 1993. It was organized
jointly by the United Nations Statistical Division and the Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia and hosted by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic. The following
ESCWA member states participated: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Sultanate of Oman,
Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, The United Arab Emirates, and the
Republic of Yemen. Representatives of Denmark and the United States of America had attended
and contributed papers to the workshop.
3. East and South Asian Workshop on Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil
Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, Beijing, China, 29 November to 3 December 1993. It
was organized by the United Nations Statistical Division with the participation of the Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. It was hosted by the State Statistical Bureau of
the People’s Republic of China. The workshop was attended by representatives of the following
countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, The Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Malaysia,
Pakistan, The Philippines, The Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Denmark, Sweden and the United States of America also attended.
4. African Workshop on Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics Systems (For selected English-speaking countries), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-9
December 1995. It was organized jointly by the United Nations Statistical Division and the
Economic Commission for Africa which also hosted it. High rank officials from the following
countries attended the workshop: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The
following developed countries attended: Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States of
America.
5. African Workshop on Strategies for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics Systems for 12 French-speaking countries of Africa. It was organized jointly with
the Economic Commission for Africa. The Directorate of Statistics of Ae Government of
Morocco hosted the workshop in Rabat, Morocco, from 4 to 8 December 1995. The following
countries participated in the workshop: Angola, Benin, Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial
Guinea, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Seychelles. The developed
countries that had sent their representatives to the workshop included: Denmark, Finland, France,
Norway, Sweden, and the United States of America. The International Institute for Vital
Registration and Statistics, the UNFPA Country Support Teams based in Dakar and Addis Ababa
have also participated in the workshop.
The comprehensive recommendations from the workshops took into account the review
and assessment of the national civil registration and vital statistics systems of each participating
country, the experiences of participating developed countries, and the discussions during the
Workshop. This process identified the main problems and constraints facing the systems in each
country, and strategies for their improvement. Following the conduct of workshops, several of
those countries have committed to improvement programmes, mainly with national resources, and
activities are underway. Reports on proceedings of the workshops have been published and
country reports on status of civil registration and vital statistics systems of participating countries
are available at the clearing house of information in the Statistics Division both in hard copy and
in computerized files .
In summary, 84 countries participated in the workshops and other activities of the
International Programme, phase one. All objectives were met. Initially countries with 80 percent
or more birth or death registration coverage were targeted. As the Programme moved to African
and Asian countries, other countries with lower birth/death registration coverage were invited.
Other activities undertaken by UNSD between 1991 and 1995, intended to assist countries
in the operation of efficient civil registration and vital statistics, included;
1. The preparation of technical reports and manuals:
- A technical report on Review and Evaluation of UNFPA Supported Projects on
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics.
“ Manual for the Management, Operation and Maintenance of Civil Registration
and Vital Statistics Systems.
- Manual for the Computerization of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
Systems.
- Manual on How to Prepare a Legal Framework for Civil Registration and Vital
Statistics Systems.
- Manual on Education and Communication for Effective Civil Registration.
2. A clearing-house of information for CR7VS systems at UNSD is in operation at
UNSD, the focal point for the International Programme. It comprises both hard copy and
computerized text-files on review and assessment and current status of CRA^S systems
for each country participating in the workshops and 30 other additional countries.
3. A data base on methodology for civil registration and vital statistics for workshops
participating countries and others that joined the international Programme. It includes
administrative infrastructures for CRA^S, procedural aspects for operating civil registration
and vital statistics systems (e.g. definition of vital events, time allowances for registration,
registration/vital statistical forms, related legislation, publications, etc.
4. Comprehensive guidelines to assess the current status of development of Civil
registration and vital statistics systems, including the adequacy of the current legal
framework, the registration procedures, completeness of registration and reporting, quality
of data, processing of vital statistics, publication, channels of coordination, efficiency in
providing certification of vital events. Also guidelines are available to prepare a national
master plan of action to guide in the gradual implementation of reforms (available in all
six United Nations official languages).
5. Published eight reports on workshop proceedings (the Western Asia Workshop Report
has been published in Arabic & English; the report for the 1991 workshop was published
in both English and Spanish). A compendium of the national reports on current status of
CRA^S systems was published in Arakc language for the 11 countries participating in the
1993 workshop held in Damascus, and in Spanish for the 1 1 countries participating in the
1991 workshop.
6. Carried out short-term missions to follow up on the implementation of workshop
recommendations.
Furthermore, between 1992 and 1994 and with financial support from United Nations
Children’s Fund, the former United Nations Department of Technical Cooperation for
Development, and UNFPA, six feasibility studies on accelerated improvement of civil registration
and vital statistics systems were carried out in Brazil, Botswana, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico,
and the Philippines.
The International Programme has indeed created greater awareness among government
authorities, policy-makers, concerned high rank national officials, and international and bilateral
organizations for the utility of data and information from the civil registration and vital statistics
systems for a variety of social, developmental and administrative programmes. By placing the
civil registration system at the human rights platform, at the grass roots of a country’s
administration, and not only as a source of continuous vital statistics, the United Nations and the
sponsors of the International Programme hope to draw necessary attention from governments
toward the steady improvement of civil registration and its statistics. Long-term political and
financial commitment from governments are viewed as indispensable to ensure their proper
operation and maintenance.
The Statistics Division has recently submitted to UNFPA a new project proposal to
implement phase two of the International Programme, between 1996 and 1999 inclusive. If
approved, it would enable the Statistics Division to maintain the momentum in countries already
participating in the five workshops, help them to obtain concrete results, and include all least
developed countries and others into the short-term and long-term steps to correct the systems'
constraints. Forty-eight least developing countries and 8 countries at low stages of CRA^S
systems' development would be targeted during phase two.
The proposal to strengthen international advocacy, cooperation and assistance toward the
improvement of civil registration and vital statistics systems in developing countries, falls in line
with the United Nations current policies of national capability building, sustainable development,
human development, promotion of human rights, enhancing women’s and children’s rights, etc.
Improved national civil registration and vital statistics systems will indeed help countries
themselves and also the United Nations to attain its goals and objectives and those of its
specialized agencies.
3. Who is responsible for the national civil registration
and vital statistics systems: A global overview
A. The national civil registration system
According to the United Nations definitions, a civil registration system may be
administered in a centralized manner or it may be decentralized. The latter is a pattern in
federative countries, in which responsibility for the administration of civil registration rests with
each state or province of the federation. In a decentralized civil registration system, no national
office is available to administer civil registration nationwide, with the exception of Mexico.
A centralized registration system has a national registration office to oversee civil
registration throughout the country, which directs over the registration work carried out in each
local registration office. The location of this national office varies from country to country. For
example, it may be under the Ministry of Interior (or Home Affairs), the Ministry of Justice, the
Ministry of Health, the Tax Board Office, the National Statistical Office, the Supreme Electoral
Tribunal, etc. However, the field offices, known as local registration offices, do not necessarily
belong to the same ministry or agency.
In 1994, the International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics (UVRS), a partner
of the International Programme, conducted a survey to ascertain the organizational structure of
national civil registration and vital statistics systems. Annex A provides detailed information on
the administrative arrangements for countries of the world for both civil registration and vital
statistics systems as well as the sub*national settings to carry out registration^ Tne statistical
references oh organizational issues below are based on this study. From the 166 countries in
the survey with centralized registration systems, 40.3 percent have placed the administration for
civil registration under the Ministry of Interior, 33.7 percent under the Ministry of Justice, 10.8
percent under the Ministry of Health, and 15.1 percent under other government agencies.
Variations of the type of national agency responsible for civil registration by regions of the world
can be found in table 1 below.
• Organization of Na'^ional Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems : /i^n Update,
Technical Paper No. 63 . International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, December 1995
Table 1. MINISTRIES RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIL REGISTRATION IN
COUNTRIES WITH CENTRALIZED CIVIL REGISTRATION SYSIRM BY REGION
Region
Interior
Justice
Health
Other
All regions
67(40.3)
56(33.7)
18(10.8)
25(15.1)
Africa
26(54.2)
9(18.8)
4( 8.3)
9(18.8)
America, North
3(13.6)
13(59.1)
2( 9.1)
4(18.2)
America, South
4(40.0)
5(50.0)
0( 0.0)
1(10.0)
Asia
17(41,5)
12(29,3)
8(19.5)
4( 9.8)
Europe
16(29.9)
12(35.5)
K 2.9)
5(14.7) .
Oceania
1(9.1)
5(45.5)
3(27.3)
2(18.2)
Note: Percent in parenthesis
Source; Organization of National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: ^n update, op, ciL, page 3.
The choice of the Ministry of Justice to house the national civil registration office in a
country is perhaps related to the legal value of the civil registration records as the law is the
foundation for civil registration. In other instances when the Ministry of Interior is responsible,
it may be because this Ministry has a considerable number of field offices to give support to the
registration work. On the other hand, countries that have placed the national civil registration
office at the Health Ministry, it may be because the ministry has a direct interest on data from
civil registration for its programmes. Furthermore, the local health centers are spread thioughout
the country and can be assigned the registration work as well with only a marginal cost.
There are significant variations among regions. In 54.2 percent of the African countries,
41.5 percent of the Asian countries, and in 29.9 percent of European countries, the Ministry of
Interior is charged to oversee registration. While in 59.1 percent of the North American countries
and in 50.1 percent of the South American countries, and 45.5 percent of the countries in
Oceania, the Ministry of Justice is vested with such responsibility. In 40 percent of countries in
South America, and in a quarter of countries in Asia and Europe, the responsibility rests in
another Ministry.
In several countries, civil registration is merged with one/two or more other services to
the population, such as electoral rolls, population identification services, visas, passports,
naturalizations, population registers. This can be a cost-effective arrangement on the condition
that civil registration is well administered and closely monitored. Costa Rica, Panama, and
Dominican Republic provide examples of civil registration linked to the Electoral Tribunal.
While Argentina, Colombia, South Africa, carry out registration tied to identification services.
Further, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Malaysia, Kuwait, Seychelles, Sweden, and others, cany
out civil registration tied to the population register and identification service. Yet in Chile and
Zimbabwe civil registration is handled together with personal identification, passports, visas,
naturalizations, etc.
It should be noted, that good quality civil registration data is the basis for the reliability
of the above-mentioned services. Civil registration data must be perfect and free from errors.
This is so because errors of omissions in registration and errors in the topics collected in vital
records have serious implications for the persons concerned.
b. The national vital statistics system
In 81 percent out of 188 countries, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles and
publishes vital statistics from civil registration data. This pattern prevails in all regions of the
world, with the highest value in Africa, 89.4 percent, and the lowest value in Asia, 70.7 percent.
The National Registration Office, under other than the Health Ministry, is responsible for the vital
statistics programme in 9 percent of the countries. Only in a handful number of countries (5.3
percent), the Health Ministry has responsibility for both civil registration and the production of
vital statistics, these are examples of main users being the producers of vital statistics as well.
In 4 percent of the countries, the compilation of vital statistics rests with the Health Statistics
Division of the Health Ministry, but it does not oversee the registration work. Table 2 below
gives information for each region of the world.
TABLE 2: AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR VITAL STATISTICS BY REGIONS
Regional
National
Statistical
Office
National
Civil
Registration
Office
(other than
Health Ministry)
Health
Ministry
(also
responsible
for CR)
Health
Ministry
(not
respon-sible
for CR)
All regions
153 (81.4)
17 ( 9,0)
10 (5.3)
8 ( 4.3)
Africa
42 (89.4)
3 ( 6.4)
2(4.2)
0 ( 0.0)
America, North
23 (82.2)
2 (7.1)
.3(10.7)
0 ( 0.0)
America, South
9 (81.8)
0 ( 0.0)
0 (0.0)
2 (18.2)
Asia
29 (70.7)
6 (14.6)
4 (9.8)
2 ( 4.9)
Europe
39 (81.3)
5 (10.4)
0 (0.0)
4 ( 8.3)
Oceania
11 (84.6)
1 ( 7.7)
1 (7.7)
0 ( 0.0)
Note: Percent in parenthesis
Source: Organi2aiion of National C'vil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems; an update. op.cit Annex A
4. Civil registration and vital statistics: the case
of Brazil and Argentina
a. Brazil
Brazil participated in the Latin American Workshop on Strategies for Accelerating the
Improvement of Civil Registration and vital Statistics Systems held in Buenos Aires, in December 1991.
For presentation and discussion at the workshop, the representatives of Brazil, one from IBGE and
another from the Ministry of Justice, carried out an assessment of the state of the development of its civil
registration and vital statistics systems'. Following the workshop, a feasibility study on accelerated
improvement of the systems was carried out by the United Nations Statistics Division, with the assistance
of two Brazilian consultants^. A paper was also contributed to the workshop on considerations for the
^ Luis Armando de Medeiros Frias y Fabio Ribeiro de Abreu, Los Sistemas de Registro Civil y Estadisticas
Vitales en Brasil. En "Extractos de los Informes Nacionales: Taller’ Latinoamericano Sobre Estrategias para el
Hejoraraiento de los Sistemas de Registro Civil y Estadisticas Vitales: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2 al 6 de
diciembre de 1991" (una publication de la Division de Estadistica, Departamento de Desarrollo Econoroico y
Social, Naciones Unidas. Nueva York, 1992) .
Fabio Ribeiro de Abreu, Luis Armando de Medeiros Frias: Civil Registration and Vital Statisti<.s in
Brazil: A proposal for Re-orqanisation (Prepared for ths United Nations Statistics Division, 1994.)
civil registration and vital statistics systems in Brazil An overview of the systems in Brazil is given
below based on these studies.
Civil registration administration in Brazil is decentralized, but in a pulverized manner, at the level
of about 7,837 cartorios and private offices. The cartorios, the executive registration units, serve the
Brazil’s population of about 161 million (1995), living in 4 491 municipalities in all units of the
Federation and the Federal District. These cartorios are spreaded in an area of about 8.5 millon of
square kilometers. Their creation respond to the population density and, exceptionally, to the
geographical peculiarities. The installation cost is the responsibility of its owner, and so is the revenue.
They are, therefore, privately owned. Though the cartorios are sub-ordinate to the Judicial Power, they
suffer from lack of control and technical and administrative direction. This administrative sub-ordination
constitutes a limitation to their development and improvement as the Judicial Power is not responsible
for preparing norms and technical guidance for civil registration. This is naturally associated with the
autonomous administrative status of the federation.
The federal organization of Brazil consists of 26 states and a Federal District. They have their
own constitution and legislation that follow the principles of the Federal Constitution. States are
subdivided into municipalities, totaling 4,491, which constitute the lowest hierarchy in Brazilian political
and administrative structure. In turn. Each Municipality has its own organic laws, which are in
accordance to the principles established in the Federal Constitution and in the Constitution of the State
to which it belongs. There is not State Civil Registration Office in any of its 26 states or in the Federal
District to oversee the registration work within the state.
At the national level, the Ministry of Justice is vested with the responsibility for the technical,
operational, and administrative coordination of civil registration. Because of its legal nature, however,
it exerts only a timid surveillance of civil registration from the legal point of view. Furthermore, the
related legal framework itself only provides very general direction to civil registration. Another major
concern is that vital records do not have back ups or duplicates. Also, because vital records are kept in
paper form only, checking for duplications, fraud or counterfeiting is almost impossible.
Brazil does not have, a coordinating body to provide the technical framework for civil registration
and vital statistics, e.g, a national committee on civil registration and vital statistics, in which the
producers and users can be represented.
The above-mentioned settings for civil registration contribute to the lack of uniformity of the
registration procedures. Civil registration was never organized following an administrative chain.
Consequently, it does not respond to norms and censures related to the compliance of legal mandates.
The system also faces legal, and technical problems. To these, one can add the lack of knowledge of
certain groups of the population about the registration requirements and benefits.
• Alicia Marta Bercovich y Maria Gonzales de Morell: Algunas Consideraciones sobre los Sistemas de
Registro Civil y Estadisticas Vitales en Brasil. Institute Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica, Rio de
Janeiro, Brasil, 1991 (presentado en el Taller Latinoamericano para Acelerar el Mejoramiento de los Sistemas
de Registro Civil y Estadist..cas Vitales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2 al 6 de diciembre de 1991, -rganizado por
la Division de Estadistica, Oepartamento de Desarrollo Economico y Social, Naciones Unidas) .
The Institute Brasileiro de Geografla e Estadistica (IBGE), of the Secretana de
Planificacion, Presupuesto y Coordinacion, Presidency of the Republic, is responsible for the
compilation and publication of vital statistics for the country as a whole. The law no. 6015, of 31
December 1973, modified by the laws nos. 6140, of 28 de November of 1974 and 6216 of 30 of June
1975, regulates vital statistics and assigns the responsibility of production of vital statistics to IBGE.
IBGE is the central institution of the National Statistical and Geographic System of Brazil.
The Regional Offices of IBGE and its Collection Agencies, have the responsibility for collecting
and partially processing information pertaining to all areas of IBGE’s responsibility. In the specific case
of vital statistics, the Collection Agents in the municipalities of their mandate are responsible for
providing blank statistical forms to every cartorio, collecting the forms once filled in, and checking the
consistency of information. Transcription is employed by the officials of the cartorios to complete the
statistical forms on the basis of information in the birth, death and marriage records.
The Collection Agents, forward all statistical forms duly completed to the State Office of IBGE.
This office is responsible for editing, coding, data entry, computer-editing and consistency of the data.
The information is transmitted afterwards to central office of IBGE in Rio de Janeiro, through the local
computers connected on line to this central office. Its Population Department, which is responsible for
demographic statistics, deals with the tabulation and publication of vital statistics for the country as a
whole.
Although, by law, IBGE is clearly responsible for the vital statistics programme in Brazil, some
institutions at the federal and state level maintain their own routines for the collection, compilation and
processing of vital statistics. For example, the Ministry of Health processes deaths by causes, and it is
also making efforts to build up the information system for live births. On the other hand, the States of
Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo, among others, maintain vital statistics systems at the state
level and produce vital statistics regularly.
The coverage of vital statistics and their quality are closely related to the level and quality of civil
registration. However, there are other problems directly related to the IBGE that add to these. For
example, the processing of the information has suffered considerable delays, leading to late publication
and dissemination of vital statistics. These delays are due to the fact that vital statistics do not receive
high priority within IBGE, and they have to compete with its other activities. However, from the
information received at the United Nations Statistics Division after the 1991 workshop, it seems that
improvements have been made at IBGE to publish vital statistics more timely.
The inter-action of the above-mentioned factors translate into incomplete registration coverage,
inaccuracies in the characteristics collected in the vital records, late registrations, vulnerability for
counterfeiting of vital records, duplications of registration, etc. Due to Brazilian regional differences, the
poorest areas, which need greatest public investment, have lower level of civil registration coverage.
These factors prevent the full utilization of data and information from civil registration and vital statistics
as a guiding element for the development of social public policies.
The study on accelerated improvement of civil registration- and vital statistics systems in Brazil
(1994) undertook an assessment of the systems, including its legal aspects, from the enactment of the
laws to their modifications and their most recent form. It also evaluated the institutional responsibilities
and local administrative settings to conduct registration, the technical and procedural issues. Based on
the problems identified, feasible and workable activities to correct these problems were proposed. If
implemented, they would lead to the improvement of civil registration and vital statistics in Brazil in
terms of coverage, quality, timeliness, internal and external comparability of data and enhance its
administration. Such improvement programme needs to be closely related to the national integration
process as well as to the elimination of regional inequalities.
Several steps have been proposed to start the re-organization process. Chief of it is the creation
of an Inter-ministerial Commission, which should include representatives of the Legislative and the
Judiciary Powers, the IBGE, representatives of the cartorios, the States, and main users of the data and
information. The primary role of this Commission would be to undertake in depth studies of the civil
registration and vital statistics systems in each state, prepare necessary recommendations for their
improvement, including the administrative reforms required, the inter-institutional coordination needed
to maximize the use of country resources. The modernization of civil registration in Brazil will require
the strengthening of the administrative infrastructure of the Ministry of Justice as well, in order to be
able to provide proper technical direction, coordination, and supervision to the civil registration work in
the cartorios, maintain close collaborative working relationships with IBGE, the Sate Offices, and all
other concerned agencies.
The proposal was considered viable in Brazil, from the technical point of view. Brazil has indeed
the manpower and necessary economical infrastructure in all its regions (e.g., energy, transportation,
communication facilities) to respond to the new demands of upgraded civil registration and vital statistics
systems. The key issue is to obtain the financial support from the government and its long-term
commitment to provide for office enhancement, technical guidance, methodological documentation,
modem methods of storage and retrieval, data bases, training of human resources, evaluation, etc.
It was stressed that a national improvement programme of this nature should include all
concerned government agencies so that it will become a government project and not an isolated activity
of a single agency. The benefits of the project largely outweigh the cost of its implementation.
Overlapping would be eliminated. Security and preservation of vital records would be enhanced,
availability of reliable and timely registration data and statistics will contribute to a more accurate
evaluation of the existing social problems, the government programs would be better designed,
implemented, evaluated and monitored, the rights of the population of Brazil duly protected, among a
wide range of other benefits for the society. Therefore, sustained government support, both politically
and financially, for their improvement is highly recommended.
b. Argentina
Civil registration in Argentina is a responsibility of the Federal Government. In 1963, a
comprehensive law No. 8204 with national scope, was passed and came into effect in 1964 to govern
all matters pertaining to civil registration and the legal capacity of the persons. This was a
breakthrough for both the country and its provinces. This law has suffered few modifications throughout
the years and continues to be the main legal body for civil registration in the country. A few
complementary laws that were passed dealt with divorce, adoption, and amended some of its articles.
Foetal deaths are not included in these laws and are registered according the Health Ministry law. In
practice, however, these laws have been interpreted differently by the provinces as seen in their own laws
and regulations that have been passed.
Argentina has also a population register, known as the National Registration of the Persons
(NRP), which is governed by laws No. 13482, and 17671. It deals, inter alia, with the identification of
persons, from birth and through all stages of life until death. The site of its central office is Buenos
Aires, the capital city. It was mandated that "while the NRP installs its own offices throughout the
country, all civil registration offices in the country will be considered as such". Therefore, the civil
registration offices are responsible for both the registration of vital events, and population registration.
The assessment of civil registration in Argentina, which was conducted for the 1991 Latin
American Workshop, concluded that a revision of die legal framework is necessary to take care of all
provincial variations introduced^. Argentina has separate civil registration systems in each major
administrative division. The Direcdon General de Registro Civil, under the Ministry of the Government
of the province administers civil registration within its jurisdiction. The primary units for civil
registration are known as "Oficinas de Registro Civil", "Delegaciones" and the site may be the
municipalities, hospitals, court of justice, as well as own offices. There are 2 537 primary registration
offices, excluding the Direcciones General es de Registro. There are also 35 subsidiary registration
offices. In general there are no problems of accessibility to the registration offices. For the population
of Chaco, the Direccion General of Civil Registration of Chaco has mobile units which visit the areas
periodically. All civil registrars receive training and advice from the senior personnel at the Direccion
General de Registro Civil. Furthermore, they are provided with manuals, laws and regulations,
periodical bulletins concerning civil registration, manuals concerning notification of vital events for
statistical purposes, etc.
Jose Pirota, Alejandro Giusti, Elida Marconi y Graciela Dinardi; Informe Nacional sobre
el Estado Actual del Registro Civil y el Sistema de Estadisticas Vitales en Argentina. Taller
Latinoamericano sobre Estrategias para Acelerar el Mejoramiento de los Sistemas de Registro Civil
y Estadisticas Vitales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-6 de diciembre de 1991.
Technical supervision of the local civil registrars is periodically carried out by the local authority
of the Government and covers all civil registrars. The civil registration of Argentina is considered as
a good system. Vital records have duplicates. The percentage of coverage of vital events range from 95
to 98 percent, depending of the province.
The Sub-System of Vital Statistics is a component of the National System of Health Statistics,
by official delegation of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses through a memorandum of
agreement. The Institute is the center agency of the National Statistical System of Argentina. The
production and publication of vital statistics of all types for the country as a whole is the responsibility
of the Direccion de Estadisticas de Saiud (DES) of the Ministry of Health and Social Action, which
belongs to the Secretariat of Health of the Nation. The forms utilized to collect information for vital
statistics purposes are separate from the legal records. Also, their contents are more detailed and
comprehensive than the legal records.
Furthermore, the Secretariat of Health of the Nation, to which the Ministry of Health and Social
Action belongs to, has signed memorandums of agreement with all 24 four governments of the
federation, where the responsibilities of both central and province level, are clearly established
concerning the National Statistical System of Health. These memorandums of agreement are revised
every five years.
The Statistical Office of the each province receives the statistical reports from the local
registration units. There, manual editing, coding, data entry is carried out. The majority of provinces
use microcomputers, some use computer terminals and magnetic tape or disk for data entry into a main
frame. DES receive the information in magnetic media and conducts computer editing, corrections and
tabulations. DES has provided printed guidelines for all stages of data processing to the Statistical
Offices of the provinces.
After the workshop, an Inter-Institutional Committee has been established that oversees both civil
registration and vital statistics systems in the country. Its contributions to the improvement of the
systems are remarkable. Twenty four workshops, similar to the Latin American workshop, were
conducted in the provinces during 1992 and 1993. As a result, in depth studies of CRA^S have been
carried out in the 24 provinces of Argentina and the Federal District. Same number of inter-institutional
committees were established following the provincial workshops and all are operational. The agencies
involved in civil registration and vital statistics are represented in those committees, e.g., the registration
offices, the health offices, and the regional office of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
Thus producers and users work in a co-ordinating and collaborative way. It is planned to carry out a
second round of workshops to assess the progress. The committees efforts are currently directed at
enhancing further completeness of registration, increasing skills of registrars and health personnel
involved, and improving quality of the topics collected, timeliness of registration and vital statistics
production.
The efforts carried out by the Government of Argentina are worth mentioning, especially because
even amidst the disparities in registration procedures and interpretation of the federal law by the
provinces, INDEC and the Health Ministry and Social Action have made a great work to provide
direccion to the collection of information for statistical purposes, and at the same time have improved
civil registration nationwide.
REGION .ND COUNTRY
Africa
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnational National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Algeria
...
Ministere de I'Interieur
Office National des Statistiques
Premier Ministere
Angola
Registo civil
Direccao Nacional dos Registos
Notariado e Identificacao,
Ministerio de Justica
Direccao Nacional de Estadistica
Ministerio da Plano
Benin
Mairie
Ministere de I'Interieur
Institut National de la Statistique et de
1 'Analyses Economique, Ministere du Plan et c
Reconstruction Economique
Botswana
District Comniss loner's Office
Civil Registration Division
Ministry of Labour and Home
Affairs
Cef\tral Statistical Office, Ministry of
'finance and Development Planning
Burkina Faso
Centres d'etat civil
Ministere de I*Acininistration
Territoriale
Institut National de la Statistiques et de 1e
Oemographie, Ministere du Plan et de la Coopc
Oimincii
...
Department de la Population
Ministere de l^nterleur
Department de la Population
Ministere de I'Interieur
Cameroon
Bureau Municipal
Ministere be 1 'Actoiinistration
Territorlaie
Service d'Etat Civil
Ministere de 1 'Administration
1 erritoriale
Direction de la Statistique et de la ComptabJ
National, Ministere du Plan et Amenagement dt
Territoire
Cape Verde
Secretariado acininlstrativos
Direccao Gerai dos Registos e
Notariado, Ministerio la Justica
Direccao Gerai de Estatistica
Ministerio de Cordenacao Economica
Central African Republic
Les centres d’etat civil
Service de I'Etat Civil et de la
Demographic, Ministere de la
Securite Public et de
1 'Administration
Service de I'Etat Civil et du Recensement
Oemographique, Ministere de I'Interieur
Chad
Centres d'etat civil
Ministere de I'Interieur et de
la Securite
Direct ion de la Statistique, des
Etudes Economlques et Oemographie
Ministere du Plan de la Cooperation
Direction de la Statistiques, des Etudes Ecor
et Demographiques, Direction cki Plan, Ministe
du Plan et de la Cooperation
Comoros
...
...
...
Congo
Bureau d'etat civil
Ministere de I'Interieur
Direction Natlonaie de I'Etat
Civil, Ministere de I'Interieur
Centre National de la Statistique et des
Economlques, Ministere du Plan et de I'Econorr
Djibouti
. . .
Direction de la Population
Ministere de I'Interieur des
Postes et Telecommunications
Direction National de la Statistique
Ministere du Commerce, Transports, et du Tour
ICG ION AND COUNTRY
Africa
CIVIL REGISTRATION" ROMINISTRATION
Subna t i ona 1 National
Appendix A (Cont.)
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Egypt
Health centers
Civil Registration Department,
Ministry of Interior
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and
Statistics
Erjuatorial Guinea
District courts of justice
Juzcado de Distrito, Ministerio
de Just Lea Culto y Registro Civil
Oireccion General de Estatistica, Ministerio
Economia y Hacienda
1 thlopia
, • •
Ministry of Interior {rural
areas), Ministry of Housing and
Urban Development (urban areas)
Central Statistical Authorities
Gabon
Centres Princlpaux et secondaires
Ministeries of the Interior and
Justice
...
Gambia
Health Inspectors
Medical & Health Dept., Ministry
of Health, Labour & Social Welfare
Medical & Health Dept., Ministry of Health,
Labour and Social Welfare
titiana
Municipal offices, hospitals
& health centers
Births S Deatbs Registry, Ministry
of Local Gevernment
Births & Deaths Registry, Central Registry Office
Ministry of Local Government
Guinea
. . .
...
...
Guinea-Bissau
Delegacaoes do Registro Civil
(Sector Regional)
Registro Civil, Comissariado de
Estado de Justica
Oirecao General de Estadistica, Comissariado de
Estado de Oisenvolvimento Economico e Planifacacao
ivory Coast
Les Mairies et Sous-Prefectures
Ministere de I’Interieur
Instltut National de la Statlstiques, Ministere
de I’Economique, Finances et Plan
Kenya
Local registry, offices and
District registers
Department of Civil Registration,
Office of the President
Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of
Planning and National Development
Lesotho
District Secretaries
Registrar Genaral's Office
Ministry of Law &. Human Rights
Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning,
Economic and Manpower Development
Liberia
County registrars
Bureau of Health & Vital Statis-
tics, Ministry of Health A Social
Welfare
Bureau of Health & Vital Statistics, Ministry
of Health & Social Welfare
1 ibya
Civil registration office
Civil Registratim Section
Secretariat of Utilities
Census A Statistics Department, Secretariat
of Planning
Madagascar
Communes
Direction du Controle et de la
Tutelle des Collectivites,
Ministere de I’lnterieur
Institut National de la Statistique et de la
Resherche Economique, Presidence charge des
Finance et du Plan
Ma 1 aw i
District Commissioners
Department of the Registrar
General, Ministry of Justice
National Statistical Office
Office of the President
REGION AND COUNTRY
Africa
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnational National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Mali
Centres 1‘Etat Civil
Direction National de
1 'Administration Territoriale
Ministers d'Etat Charge de
1 'Administration Territoriale et
de la Secruite Inter ieur
Direction Nationale de la Statistique et du
1 ' Information, Ministere des Finance, de
I’Economie dt du Plan
Mauritania
Secretariat d'Etat Civil
Ministers de I'lnterieur, des
Postes et Telecommunications
Secretariat d'Etat Civil
Office National de la Statistique, Ministere du
Plan et de 1 ’ Ameriagement du lerriloire
Mauritius
Civil Status Office
Civil Status Office
Prime Minister's Office
Central Statistical Office
Ministry of Economic Planning 4 Development
Morocco
Bureau locaux d’etat civil
Division d’etat civil, Ministere
de I'lnterieur
Direction de la Statistique, Ministere charge
de 1' incitation de 1 'Economique, Premier Ministere
Mo/anibique
...
Direccao Nacional dos Registos
e Motor iados
Direccao National de Estadistica
Comissao Nacional do Plano
Nani i hi a
Department of Civil Affairs
Ministry of Home Affairs
Central Statistical Office
National Planning Commission
Nii}er
Direction de I'Ltat Civil et de
I'opulation, Ministere de
1 ' Interieur
Direction de la Statistique e des Comptes Nationaux
Ministere du Plan
Niijoi ia
State ministries of health
local government i teaching
hospitals
National Population Commission
Presidency
National Population Commission
Presidency
if.'iioion
• *
. * * *
<wcjfida
Bureax conununaux d'etat civil
Direction General des Affaires
Politiques et Administrative
Ministere de I'lnterieur et du
Development Communal
Direction Generale de la Statistique, Ministere
du Plan
5,jin) Helena
...
5 iH Tifitie & fN incipe
Departmento du RegisLo Civil
Ministei io du Justice c Funcau
Direccao de Estadistica, M:nisterio de
Fcunoniie e Finuncas
Ptihl
Appendix A (Cont.)
REGION AND COUNTRY
Africa
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnational National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Senegal
•••
Pro jet de I'Etat Civil,
Miniscere charge de la
Decentralization
Direction de la Statistlque, Ministere des
Finance et des Affaires Economiques
Seychelles
Government administration
Civil Status Division
Department of Youth & Defense
Statistical Section, Management Information
Systems Division, Dept, of Finance
Sierra Leone
Births 4 deaths office
Ministry of Health
Office of Chief Registrar
Ministry of Health
Medical Statistics Unit
Ministry of Health
Somalia
None
None
None
South Africa
District representatives
Department of Home Affairs
Department of Co-operation and
Development
Central Statistical Services, Department of
Constitutional Development and Planning
Sudan
•
Hospitals, dispensaries,
dressing stations
Ministry of Health
Department of Statistics, Ministry of Finance
and Economic Planning
Swaziland
Hospitals, clinics, police
stations, chiefs of area
Registrar General's Office
Ministry of Justice
Central Statistical Office
Department of Economic Planning and Statistics
Tanzania
Health centers
Office of Registrar General,
Ministry of Justice
Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning
4 Economic Affairs
Togo
Centres d'etat civil
Division des Affaires, Politiques
et Administratives, Mlnistere de
I'Interleur
Direction de la Statistique, Ministere du Plan
Tunisia
Centres d'etat civil (Commune)
Ministere de I'Interleur
Direction des Statist iques, Demograniques et
Sociales, Instltut National de la Statistics,
Ministere du Plan
Uganda
Subcountry headquarters
Ministry of Local Government
Registrar General of Births &
Deaths, Ministry of Justice
Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance
and Economic Planning
Wesi.ern Sahara
REGION AND COUNTRY
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Africa
Subnational
National
Zaire
Bureaux de I'etat civil
Etat Zairois, Ministere de
Administration du Territoire
Institut National de la Statistique
Ministere du Plan
Zambia
Provincial, district A sub-
centers (schools, health
centers and local courts)
Department of National Regis-
tration, Ministry of Home
Affairs
Census and Statistics Department
Z imbabwe
Provincial A district registries
Centtal Registry, Ministry of
Home Affairs
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of
Finance, Economic Planning A Development
REGION AND COUNTRY
America, North
CIVIL REGISTRATION
Subnational
ADMINISTRATION
National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Aguila
. . .
. . .
Antigua & Barbuda
...
...
Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance
Bahamas
District Register Office
Registrar General's Dept.;
Office of Attorney General
Department of Statistics
Ministry of Finance
Barbados
Subsidiary registration
offices
Registration Department
Attorney General, Supreme Court
Statistical Service
Belize
District Offices for
(Zivil Registry
Registry
Judiciary Department
Central Statistical Office
Ministry of Finance
Bermuda
Registry 1 General
Ministry of Labour & Home Affairs
Registry General
Ministry of Labour i Home Affairs
British Virgin Islands
...
Canada
Provincial & Territorial
Vital Statistics Offices
(Health)
None
Statistics Canada
Cayman Islands
Subregistration Office
District Post Office
Registrar of Companies Dept., Dept,
of Finance & Development
Economics & Statistics Office
Costa Rica
Regional Offices
Dlreccion General Registro Civil
Tribunal Supremo de Elecriones
Dirrecion General de Estadistlca y Censos,
Ministerio de Economica y Commercio
Cuba
Oflclna de Registro Civil
Direccion Registro Civil y Notariado,
Ministerio de Justice
Institute de Investlgaciones Estadistlcas
Oficina Nacional de Estadistlcas, Ministerio
Economia y Plannificacion
Dominica
...
Oficina de Estado Civil
Statistical Offices
Ministry of Finance
Dominican Republic
Oficina de Estado Civil
Junta Central Electoral Organismo 0
Tribunal qua Organizalas Elecciones
Naclonales
Oficina Nacional de Estadistlca; Direccion
Nacional de Estadistlca
El Salvador
Oficina de Rggistro Civil
None
Direccion General de Estadistlca; Minister!
'.EG I ON AND COUNTRY
America, North
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnational National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
rench Guiana
irenada
District .Revenue Offices
Registrar General's Dept.,
Ministry of He'rth
Registrar General's Dept., Ministry of Health
luadeloupe
Guatemala
Registro Civil
Tribunal Supremo Electoral
Direccion General de Estadistica, Ministerio de
Economica
laiti
Ministere de la Sante Publique
Service National de 1' Inspection
et de Controle de I'Etat Civil,
Ministere de la Justice
Institut Hatien de Statistique et d* Informatique
londuras
Municipal Officer, Health Center
Direccion General de Estadis-
tica y Censos, Secretariat de
Planification, Coordinacion y
y Presupuesto
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos,
Secretariat de Planification, Coordinacion y
Presupuesto
lamica
Registrar General s Department
Ministry of National Security
and Justice
Registrar General's Department
Ministry of National Security and Justice
lartinique
lexico
Municipal office, Health Centers
Direccion General del Registro
Nacional de Poblacion e Identi-
fication Personal, Secretaria de
Gobernacion
Institute Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia
e Informatica, Secretaria de Hacienda y
Credito Publico
lontserrat
Court House, District
registration office
Registrar General's Office
Judicial Department
Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance
Jetherland Antilles
Ucaragua
Registro Civil
Direccion General de Registro
Ministerio de Justica
Institute Nacional de Estadistica y Censos
'anama
Oficina del Registro Auxilliar de
Estado Civil
Direccion General del Registro
Civil ^ » ' . ; ; *
Direccion de/Estadistica y Censos, Controloria
General de la Republica
,1. . Ghristopher-Nevis
District Registrars
Registrar General's Department
Ministry of Health
Registrar General's Departinent, Ministry of
Health
Appendix A (Cont.)
REGION AND COUNTRY
America, North
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINIS^
Subnational
TRATION
National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
St. Lucia
District Registrars
Registry of the Supreme Court
Ministry of Legal Affairs
Government Statistics Department, Ministry of
Finance, Statistics and Negotiating
St. Pierre A Miquelon
. . .
St. Vincent A the
Grenadines
District Registrars
Registrar General's Office
Registry Department
Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning
Suriname
District Registrars
Central Institute for Civil
Registration, Ministry of Home
Affairs, Bureau of Public Health
Central Institute for Civil Registration,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Bureau of Public
Health (death statistics)
Trinidad A Tobago
Registry Office
Registrar General's Department
Ministry of Legal Affairs
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of
Finance and Planning
Turks A Cacos Islands
...
Attorney General's Office
Office of Prime Minister
United States
Local health departments
None
National Center for Health Statistics
Department of Health A Human Services
Appendix A (Cont.)
REGION AND COUNTRY
America, South
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnational National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Argentina
Oficina del Registro Civil
None
Direccion de Estadistica de Salud, Ministerio
de Salud y Accion Social
Bolivia
Direcciones Oepartamentales
y Officina Locales de Registro
Civil
Direccion Nacional de Registro
Civil Ministerio del Interior,
Migracion y Justicia
Institute Nacional de Estadistica, Ministerio
de Planieamiento y Coordinacion
Drazil
Cartorios de Registro de
Pessoas Naturals
Ministerio de Justica
Fundacao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e
Estadistica, Secretaria de Plane jamento,
Or^amento e Coordena^ao
Chile
Municipal offices, health
center and revenue office
Direccion Nacional del Servicio
de Registro Civil e Identifica-
cion, Minibtuiio de Justicia
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Ministerio
de Economia, Fomento y Reconstruccion
Colombia
Municipal office, notary,
police station
Direccion Nacional de Registro
Civil, Supercndencia de Notariado
y Registro Civil, Ministerio de
Justicia
Departmento Admlnistrativo Naciorv|de Estadistica
Ecuador
Officina de Registro Civil
Direccion General de Registro
Civil, Identification y
Cedulacion, Ministerio de
Gobierno
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos
Adscrito a la Vicepresidencia de la Republica
Guyana
Health centers, hospitals
General Registrar Office
Ministry of Home Affairs
Statistical Bureau, Ministry of Economic
Planning and Finance
Paraguay
Oficina de Riegistro Civil
Direccion General del Registro
de Estado Civil de las Personas,
Ministerio de Justicia y
Trabajo
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos,
Secretaria Tecnica de Planificion del Deasrrollo
Economico y Social de la Presidencia
Peru
Oficina de Registro Civil
Oficina General de Asesoria
Juridica, Ministerio de Justicia
Instituto nacional de Estadistica e Informatica
Primer Ministro
Appendix A (Cent).
REGION AND COUNTRY
America, South (Cont.)
CIVIL REGISTRATION
Subnational
ADMINISTRATION
National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Uruguay
Ofician de Registro de Estado
Civil
Oireccion General del Registro
del Estado Civil, Ministereo de
Educacion y Cultura
Division Estadistica, Ministereo de Salud Publica
Venezuela
Prefecturas, Municipales,
Gobernaciones de Estado
Direccion de Registro Civil
y Notario, Minister io de
Justicia
Oficina Central de Estadistica e Informatics
Secretaria de la Presidencia
Asia
Afghanistan
Population Registration and
Vital Statistics, Directorate,
Provincial Police Dept.
Population Registration Dept.,
Ministry of Interior
Census and Survey Department, Central Statistics
Office , Coordination Department
Armenia
Municipal offices
Ministry of Justice
Department of Civil Acts
Registration, Ministry of Justice
State Committee on Statistics
Azerbaijan
Municipal offices
Ministry of Justice
State Committee on Statistics
Bahrain
Births & Deaths Registration
Office
Births A Deaths Registration
Office, Ministry of Health
Directorate of Statistics, Central Statistics
Organization, Council of Ministers
Bangladesh
Thanas, Municipalities
Ministry of Local Government
Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning
Bhutan
Local administrative offices
Directorate of Registration,
Census & Immigration Division,
Ministry of Home Affairs
Central Statistical Organization
Planning Commission
Brunei Darussalam
Registrar cf Births A Deaths,
Medical A Health Dept, and
Judicial Dept.
Ministry of Health
Appendix A (Cont.)
Rl GION AND COUNTRY
Asia ConL.)
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Cliina
City or County Public Bureau
Administration Division for
Population Registration,
Ministry of Public Security
Administration Division for Population Regis-
tration, Third Bureau, Ministry of Public Security
Cyprus
District office
Registration Service, Ministry
of Interior
Department of Statistics & Research, Ministry
of Finance
ticcjrgia
Department of Notar i ate and
Registration, Ministry of Justice
Committee on Socio-economic Information
lloiKj Kor>g
Birth A Death Register Offices
Births, Deaths 4 Marriages
Subdivision, Immigration Dept.
Census and Statistics Dept. Government Secretariat
l(i(Ua
Office of Chief Registrar of
Births and Deaths (Stale
and Union Territory)
None
Office of Registrar General, India
Ministry of Home Affairs
liulunesia
Local government office
Directorate General of PYOD
Department of Interior
Central Bureau of Statistics
Department of Interior
1 run
Nationa’ civil registration
offices
Civil Registration Organization
Ministry of Interior
Civil Registration Organization
Ministry of Interior
i rug
Cf)ief medical office
Vital and Health Statistics
Section, Directorate General
for Medical Services
Vital and Health Statistics Section
Directorate General for Medical Services
1 siael
Health centers, local
population administration
Administration of Population
Ministry of Interior
Central Bureau of Statistics
Prime Minister's Office
),ipun
City, town & village
administration offices
Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry
of Justice
Statistics A Information Dept., Ministry of
Health and Welfare
Appendix A (Cont.)
REGION AND COUNTRY CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Asia (Cont.)
Subnational
National
Jordan
Civil Registration Office
Civil Status Department
Ministry of IrAerior
Kampuchea
Kazakhstan
Municipal offices
Vital Registration Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Korea, Rep,
Local Government Offices
Bureau of Registry
Ministry of Court Administration
Kuwai t
Health Units
Department of Central Civil
Registration, Ministry of
Health
Kyrgyzstan
Registry Office, Ministry of
Justice
1 aos, Pefjple's Hem. Rep.
l ehanon
Macao
Conservator ia do Regi^Ao
Civil
Direccao de Services de Justica
Secietaiio-ad junto para a
Administracao
Ma i ays i a
Municipal offices, fiealth
centers, police stations, etc.
Natiofjal Registration Dept.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Maldives
Atoll office, Ministry of
Justice for deaths
Health Information Unit (Births)
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Ministry of Justice (deaths)
Mongol ia
Civil Registrar's office
Notaries Office
Mirustry of Justice
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Civil Status Department
Ministry of Interior
State Committee on Statistics and Analysis
National Statistical Office
Central Statistical Office
Ministry of Planning
Demographic Statistics Department
State Committee on Statistics
Central Statistical Office
Ministry of Planning
Direccao de Services des Estadistica e Censos
Secretario-Adjunto para os Assuntos
Department of Statistics
Prime Minister's Dept.
Health Information Unit (births), Ministry of
Health and Welfare, Ministry of Justice (deaths)
State Statistical Office, Cultural Education
and Health Department
Appendix A (Cent.)
RCGION AND COUNTRY
Asia (Cont.)
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnational National
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Myanmar
Township medical officers
Health Department
Ministry of Health
Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of
National Planning and Economic Development
Nepal
Village Panchayat offices
Office of the Registrar
Ministry of Local Development
Office of the Registrar, Ministry of Home
flman
Ministry of Health
(nut operational)
None
P.il< i;>lan
Department of Local Bodies
ijnd Rural (Jevclopnient
Civil Registration Organization
Ministry o< Interior
Federal Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of
Health, Special Education and Social Welfare
Hii 1 ippines
City health offices,
Ireasurer's otfice of
municipalities
□ Mice of Civil Registrar
General, National Statistical
Office, National Economic
and Development Authority
Office of Civil Registrar General, National
Statistical Office, National Economic and
Development Authority
ijal.ar
Health centers
Preventive Health Department
Ministry of Public Health
Central Statistical Organization, Presidency
of the Council of Ministers
•.iiinli Aiatiia
Directorate of Health Affairs
and Directorate of Communicable
Disease, Ministry of Health
Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health
Singapore
Registry of Births & Deaths
Registry of Births & Deaths
National Registration Dept.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Registry of Births & Deaths, National
REgistration Dept., Ministry of Home Affairs
Sri Lanka
District registrars
Registrar General's Dept.
Ministry of Home Affairs and
Provincial Councils
Department of Census and Statistics, Ministry
of Policy Planning and Implementation
Syria
Director General for Civil
Registrat ’cn, Ministry of
Interior
Central Bureau of Statistics, Office of Prime
Minister
Appendix A (Cent.)
KI GION AND COUNTRY
turope (Cont.)
CIVIL REGISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATIST ICS OFFICE
Bulgaria
Comites executifs des
conseils populaires communaux
Commission de comites executifs
aupres des conseils populaires
Conseil des Ministres
comite sur les Problemes du System Integre
d* Information
Croatia
Municipal office
Ministry of Justice and Public
Administration
Central Bureau of Statistics
i.hannel Islands
Ciuurnsey
None
Registrar General of Births,
Deaths and Marriages
Public Health Department, Board of Health
Jersey
None
Superintendent Registrar
Economic Advisor's Office
( Rupubl ic
Statistical Office, Ministry of Interior
Affairs
iJci iinai'k
Folkereg.'steret, State church
office (births), Probate
courts (deaths)
Dept, of Person Registration
Ministry of Interior
Danmarks Statistik
Ministry of Economics
l.ncjland A Wales
District register office
General Register Office
Office of Population Censuses
Office of Population Censuses A Surveys
1 ;>tnnia
State Registry Office
Ministry of Justice
State Statistical Office
Ministry of Finance
i irue Islands
...
.
f inland
District population register
offices
Population Register Center
Ministry of Interior
Statistics Finland
F ranee
Les Mai res de Commune
Ministere de la Justice
Institut National de la Statistique et des
Etudes Economiques, Ministere de 1* Economic,
des Finance et du Budget
Georgia
Department of Notariate and
Registration, Ministry of
Justice
Socio-Economical Information Committee
Department of Labour and Population Statistics
REGION AND COUNTRY
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Europe (Cont.)
Subnational
National
Germany, Fed. Rep.
Local registry
Ministry of Interior
Federal Statistical Office
Gibraltar
Government office
Registry of Births, Deaths
and Marriages, Supreme Court
Statistics Office
Greece
Registry office
Division on Citizenship
Ministry of Interior
National Statistical Service
Ministry of National Economy
Hungary
Municipal offices
National Offices of Personal
Data and Residential Address
Registration, Ministry of
Interior
Central Statistical Office
Iceland
Municipal offices
National Registry
Statistical Bureau
Statistical Bureau
Ireland
Health Boards
General Register Office
Department of Health
Central Statistics Office
Department of the Taoiseach
lr,le ot Mar.
None
General Registry
General Registry and Treasury Statistician
Italy
Uffici di State
Civile dei Comuni
Dlrezione Genorale Affari
Civili e Libere Profession!
Ministero di Grazia e Guistizia
Institute Nationale di Statistics
Latvia
...
Registry Department
Ministry of Justice
State Committee for Statistics
Ministry of Economy
Lichtenstein
Municipal office
Zivilstandsamt
Ministry of Interior
Amt fur Volkswirtschaft
Office of National Economy
Lithuania
Department of Statistics
Department of Statistics
Luxenbourg
Municipal offices
Administrations Communales
Service Central de la Statistique et des
Etudes Economiques, Ministere de I'Economie
Appendix A (Cent.)
REGION AND COUNTRY
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Asia (Cont.)
Subnational
National
Tajikistan
Civil Registration Oirectorate
Ministry of Justice
Thailand
Provincial & district
administration
Administrative and Civil
Registration Division
Ministry of Interior
United Arab Emirate
Central Preventive Medicine
Directorate, Health Ministry
Uzbekistan
. . .
Viet Nam
General Statistical Office
Ministry of Home
Local Registration Offices
Civil Registration Department
Ministry of Justice
Europe
Alhania
Central Oirectorate of Statistics
Council of Ministers
/\ndorra
Austria
Gemeinde; Standesamtsverband
Federal Ministry of Interior
Belgium
Municipal offices
Registere National des Personnes
Ministere de I’lnterieur
Belarus
Municipal Office
Executive Committees of Soviets
of People's Deputies
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS orPlCE
State Statistical Agency
Health Statistics Division, Ministry of
Public Health
Central Statistical Department, Ministry of
Planning
Population Statistics Division
General Statistical Office
Central Oirectorate of Statistics, Council
of Ministers
Central Statistical Office
Institut National de Statistique
State Committee on Statistics and Analysis
Appendix A (Cont.)
REGION AND COUNTRY
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Europe (Cont.)
Subnational
National
Macedonia
Municipal offices
Civil Regis*-ration Office
Ministry of Interior
Statistical Office
Malta
Police offices
Public Registry, Ministry of
Justice 4 Parliamentary Affairs
Central Statistical Office
Moldova
Ministry of Justice
Department of Statistics
Monaco
None
Mairie de Monaco
Service des Statistiques et des Etudes e
Economiques, Ministere des Finances e Economie
Netherlands
Local registration office
None
Central Bureau of Statistics
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Norway
Revenue offices
Office of the National Register
Directorate of Taxes
Statistics Norway
Ministry of Finance
Poland
Civil Registry Offices
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Central Statistical Office
Department of Information
Portugal
Local registration office'
Direccao-Geral Registos e
Notariado, Ministry of Justice
National Statistical Institute
Ministry of Planning 7 Territory Administration
Romania
Municipal, city 4 village
councils
None
Directia Centrala de Statistica
Russian Federation
Municipal offices
...
State Committee on Statistics
San Marino
...
...
...
Scotland
Municipal offices
General Register Office of
Births, Deaths 4 Marriages
General Register Office of Births, Deaths
4 Marriages
Slovakia
Municipal office
Ministry of Interior
Statistical Office, Department of Social
Statistics and Demography
Appendix A (Cont.)
RtGION AND COUNTRY
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Europe (Cont.)
Subnational
National
Slovenia
Municipal office
Municipal Registrar's Office
Ministry of Interior
Statistical Office
Spain
Municipal office
Direccion General de los
Registros y del Notariado,
Ministerio de lusticia e Interior
Institute Nacional de Estadistica, Ministerio
de Econpmia y Hacienda
Sweden
Parish Civil Registration
Office
National Tax Board
Ministry of Finance
Statistics Sweden
Ministry of Finance
Swi t/'erland
Municipal office
Federal Civil Registration
Office, Federal Department of
Justice and Police
Federal Statistical Office
Department of Interior
(i»rkey
Local state offices
General Directorate of Popula-
tion and Citizenship Affairs
Ministry of Internal Affairs
State Institute of Statistics
Prime Minister's Office
Yugoslavia
Local registrar
Office of Secretariats
for Internal Affairs
Federal Secretariat for
Internal Affairs
Federal Statistical Office
Oceania
American Samoa
.
Australia
State Registry of Births,
Deaths & Marriages
None
Bureau of Statistics
Cook Islands
Island Registry
Births & Deaths Registry
Department of Justice
Statistics Office
Appendix A (Cont.)
RKGION AND COUNTRY
Oceania
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE
nji
Civil Registry
District Administration
Office of Registrar General,
Office of Attorney-General
Bureau of Statistics
Ministry of Finance
r rench Polynesia
Mairies
...
Guam
Government office
Office of Vital Statistics
Department of Public Health
and Social Services
Office of Vital Statistics, Department of
Public Health and Social Services
Kirbati
Local Government office
REgistrar-Generai ' s Office
Ministry of Finance
Statistics Office
Ministry of Finance
Nauru
New Zealand
Municipal Offices
District Court
Office of Registrar General
Department uf Justice
Statistics New Zealand
Niue
Local registration office
Registrar of Births, Deaths &
Marriages, Department of
Justice, Land and Survey
Statistics Unit, Department of Planning
and Development
Papua New Guinea
None
Civil Registration Service
Department of Religion, Home
Affairs and Youth
National Statistical Office
Wf .‘Stern bomoa
Registrar in Apia
Government representative
Births, Deaths & Marriages
Registration Office
Department of Statistics
Sol Oman Islands
None
Ministry of Home Affairs
Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance and
Economic Planning
Tonga
Office of Magistrate
Government representative
(outer islands)
Registrar General's Office
Ministry of Justice
Vital Statistics Division
Ministry of Justice
Appendix A (Cent,)
REGION AND COUNTRY
Oceania (Cont,)
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
CIVIL REGISTRATION ADMINISTRATION
Subnationai National
Health centers Medical Division. Ministry of
Health, Education and
Community Affairs
Civil Registration Office
Health Department
Wallis & Fortuna
Ij SOURCE; Internai-.lonal Institute for Civil Registration and Statistics:
Civil Registration Systems; An Update, Annex A., op*cit.
NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS CFFICE
Ministry of Health. Education and Cofwnunity
Affairs
Statistics Office, National Planning and
Statistics Office
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